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wemakecustom/bolt-parent-theme
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Allows the declaration of a theme’s parent, much like Wordpress.

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Bolt Parent Theme
=================

[](#bolt-parent-theme)

Allows the declaration of a theme’s parent, much like Wordpress. Only support Twig templates for now.

By default, Bolt configures Twig to load files from your theme, but if not found, it will look in [`app/theme_defaults`](https://github.com/bolt/bolt/tree/master/app/theme_defaults). This is done using Twig’s feature of having a `twig.path`.

Normally, your Twig path will look like this:

```
 - /PATH/theme/THEME
 - /PATH/app/theme_defaults

```

With this extension, it will look like this:

```
 - /PATH/theme/THEME
 - /PATH/theme/PARENT_THEME
 - /PATH/theme/PARENT_PARENT_THEME
 - /PATH/app/theme_defaults

```

Important details
-----------------

[](#important-details)

1. The parent theme’s config will also be merged without overwriting the child’s.
2. The parent theme can have a parent of its own.
3. As of now, there is no way of managing assets (CSS/JS/images). Perhaps in a future version.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your theme, simply declare its parent by adding this to your `config.yml`:

```
parent: PARENT_THEME
```

Author
------

[](#author)

- [Sebastien Lavoie](http://blog.lavoie.sl/)
- [WeMakeCustom](http://wemakecustom.com)

###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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###  Release Activity

Cadence

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Total

1

Last Release

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### Community

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